--- title: Your mate makes "misunderstand" and asks what "mis-" adds. What's th… — Building words: prefixes, suffixes and… · tree and pragmatics description: Your mate makes "misunderstand" and asks what "mis-" adds. What's the answer? 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What's the answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, mis, answer · **What happens:** make, misunderstand, ask, add, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 37 «Building words: prefixes, suffixes and compounds» of the language course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your mate makes "misunderstand" and asks what "mis-" adds. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t9:1 # text = Your mate makes "misunderstand" and asks what "mis-" adds. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 misunderstand misunderstand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 obj _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 mis mis NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 14 adds add VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Your mate | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **misunderstand** *in a quote* | infinitive | Your mate *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Your mate *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | mis | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. *Sentence 2:* What's the answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t9:2 # text = What's the answer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the answer | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Again: to understand twice ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t9:o1:1 # text = Again: to understand twice 1 Again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 understand understand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | to-infinitive | | | | | again | twice *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Not at all: to never hear ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t9:o2:1 # text = Not at all: to never hear 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hear** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Wrongly: to understand wrongly ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t9:o3:1 # text = Wrongly: to understand wrongly 1 Wrongly wrongly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 understand understand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 wrongly wrongly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | to-infinitive | | | | | | wrongly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Before: to understand early ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t9:o4:1 # text = Before: to understand early 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 understand understand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | to-infinitive | | | | | | early *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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